to punch my colleague in the face?

[TooOldForGlitter]

or perhaps staple his obnoxious paisley patterned tie to the desk and knock his carefully lined up pencils into shocking disarray?

His crime? I make him a coffee, I put it on his desk, he doesn't say thank you. It happens at least twice a day! AND if he offers to make a drink he sticks the kettle on, walks away, leaves it and I end up getting up to do it.

Err... why do you make him coffee at all?

Why are you still making him coffee??

Stop making the coffee. Unless you're the tea lady.

Just stop making him drinks?

Cant you trip while carrying coffee so it goes over him?

Obviously dont make it too hot!

Or just make your own

Do what he does

fight it with an equally annoying habit, like tuneless humming/whistling.

Spit in his coffee next time.

Do that patronising loud "thank youuuuuuu" as you place it down. But why bother making one?

It's been very quiet here for last couple of weeks, lots of people off on holiday etc. so the normal 'drink making rota' has been skewed and seeing as I am quite bored I don't mind getting up and having a potter in the kitchen! BUT it's the not thanking me that's going to get him stapled!

Say 'you're welcome' every time you put a cup on his desk. With a big, broad smile. Then when he says 'eh, what, I didn't say thank you' say 'I know.'

When you give it to him next time say "THANK YOU" really loudly. Keep doing it until he cottons on.

Ooh I like WilsonFricketts jibe

He's oblivious, so you can either:
Make coffee for you only
Say 'And now you say thank you, TooOldForGlitter'

Do the PA 'Don't mention it, oh, you didn't'
Or you accept that he is giving you something to whinge about and keep the dynamic going.

Make him really bad coffee.

Vary it each time :

• not enough coffee
• pinch of salt
• dip a tea bag into the cup
• smidgen of dishwashing liquid
• swirl a tippex brush in the cup

Making his coffee could become the highlight of your day

Do you have chikdren? How old? Any chance you could do that awful "say taaaaaa" and then "ooops thought you were "

He knows mine are too old for that!

Very tempted with the salt I must admit

just don't make him any

Just make your own.

I would and have.

I say a loud overly solicitous "You're welcome!" to my children when they don't say thank you.
Now when I actually do say "you're welcome" they say "But I said thank you!"

Maybe he'd prefer to just make himself a coffee when he wants one, and for you to make your own when you want one.

Not being snippy; just some people hate getting into 'group' arrangements re making tea/coffee, refilling water bottles etc.

But Arabesque in that case, he could just say "No thanks" when OP offers

I run a company with only a few employees and often make the tea.
All the staff say thank you.

Some vistors mistake me for the secretary and think the men who work here are the owners.
A lady rep was all eye lashes a flutter trying to sell us stuff, so I went and left her with the blokes and made the tea.
She didn't even say Thank You as she had me down as the tea lady /secretary.
We didn't buy anything from her.

I agree with Arabesque. It's much simpler if people just make themselves a cup of coffee when they want one and let other people make their's when they want. Feeling obliged to make one for everyone in the room turns a one minute job into a major task - balancing cups, remembering who wants milk and who doesn't take sugar etc.
Where I work, everyone just makes their own.